615 can't hold all calls

Growth means some people will get a new area code

9:53 AM,
Aug. 14, 2013

Written by

Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

The three digits most closely associated with Nashville's rising national profile will soon become a little harder to come by after an announcement Tuesday by state regulators that they plan to split the region's area code.

The Tennessee Regulatory Authority says it is soliciting feedback on how to handle the split, but it adds that action is needed. Nashville and its suburbs will run out of phone numbers within the next two years. ...